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The Cultural Landscape of the Colony of
VirginiaInteractive Notes
VS. 4b
1. Although it was a colony of England, Virginia developed a
unique culture that was different from the culture of England. Usually whenever
people settle in an area, they bring their beliefs, customs, and architecture with them
and change the existing culture.
2. However, in Virginia, it was European immigrants,
American Indians, and Africans who influenced the areas where
they settled and left signs of their cultures. They influenced the culture and landscape of
colonial Virginia to reflect their beliefs, customs, and architecture which included barns, homes,
and places of worship.
3. The names of places also reflect the culture of settlers who lived there. Richmond, the capital
city of Virginia today, is an English name. It comes from Richmond-on-the-Thames, a
suburb of London. The city of Roanoke, which is located in southwestern Virginia, is an
American Indian name that means “sea-shell,” or “wampum.”
“wampwum” Wampum are traditional shell beads of the Eastern
Woodlands tribes of the indigenous people of North America. Wampum include the white shell beads fashioned from the North Atlantic
channeled whelk shell; and the white and purple beads made from the quahog, or
Western North Atlantic hard-shelled clam.
Richmond on the Thames
Richmond, Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia (Blue Ridge Mountains)
4. Different cultural groups chose different areas of
Virginia to settle. The first inhabitants of Virginia were
the American Indians. Before the settlers came, they lived throughout
Virginia. After the settlers arrived, most were forced
inland.
Settlers trade with Indians
Native peoples would be forced out of their homes for many years to come…
5. The English and other Europeans settled primarily in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
and Piedmont regions. German and Scots-Irish
immigrants moved more inland and settled primarily in the Shenandoah Valley which
was along a popular migration route.
English settlers in Virginia welcome new wives
Many English colonial houses resembled something like this
The Shenandoah Valley, where most Germans and Scots-Irish immigrants settled
Location of Germany in Europe
German-style barns
German stone houses
Early German stove
“Scots-Irish”Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish may refer to: The Ulster Scots people, an ethnic group in Ulster, Ireland, who trace their roots to settlers from Scotland. Scotch-Irish Americans, descendants of Ulster Scots who first migrated to America in large numbers in the early 18th century.
Scots-Irish fiddle
Modern Scots-Irish clog dancing
6. Africans were settled primarily in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and
Piedmont regions. The economy of these two
regions depended heavily on tobacco agriculture which
required a lot of labor.
As these groups migrated to Virginia and settled there,
they adapted their old customs, beliefs, and
architecture to their new environment.